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Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 6 hours agoI’m gonna be that “acktually…” guy for a sec here. Oil & gas (mostly) are not dinosaurs… the vast majority of petrochemicals are from compressed dead algae, planktom and plant matter long pre-dating the dinosaurs: chevron.com/…/explainer-where-do-oil-and-gas-come…
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 4 hours ago
Where does this notion that oil&gas are dead dinosaurs come from? I know what you said is the truth, just as coal is the remainder of the huge forests that existed before bacteria could break down cellulose, but i would really like to know where this wrong factoid comes from - it’s literally everywhere
snooggums@piefed.world 1 hour ago
Here's a nice write up from a paleontologist.